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4.6
380 Reviews (380)
5 Stars
249
4 Stars
98
3 Stars
19
2 Stars
10
1 Stars
4
Conditions
4.7
Value
4.5
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.8
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.6
91.9%
Recommend this course
349 out of 380 reviews
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4.8
9 Reviews (9)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
2
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Conditions
4.8
Value
4.8
Layout
4.7
Pace
5.0
Amenities
4.8
StaffFriendliness
5.0
88.9%
Recommend this course
8 out of 9 reviews
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4.5
38 Reviews (38)
5 Stars
26
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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1
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1
Conditions
4.7
Value
4.4
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.5
StaffFriendliness
4.8
86.8%
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33 out of 38 reviews
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Course Highlights
Saint Croix National delivers a beautifully maintained layout with dramatic elevation changes, challenging doglegs, and majestic views that reward every level of golfer. Exceptionally friendly staff, a brand-new clubhouse with simulator bays, and outstanding food make this a complete experience.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6909 yards
Slope 131
Rating 74.1

St. Croix National Golf Course is a championship course that is tucked away amongst rolling, wooded hills. This scenic course is one of western Wisconsin's hidden gems. The undulating landscape covered with mature trees can seem intimidating but the layout was designed with spacious fairways and bailout areas that act as an excellent balance to the more challenging elements. The well conditioned greens putt fast and true, acting as a perfect complement to the beautiful scenery. There are strategically placed bunkers and water hazards coming into play but it is the topography will truly test your accuracy as well as a variety of other skills. St. Croix National G.C. also boasts a driving range perched high above a valley that collects the practice shots. It is the perfect preparation for the challenges of the golf course.

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Course Details

Year Built 1996
Fairways Blue Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Open: 4/15 Closed: 10/15
Architect Joel Goldstrand

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed No
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities

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Reviews

4.6
380 Reviews (380)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 9
19th Hole Scenic Views 6
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 22
Bunkers 11
Forced Carries 11
This course/club is great for:
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 20
Advanced Golfers 17
Locals 13
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 17

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Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Fun course

Good fairways, tough rough, great greens. It's a little shaggy around woods and rough, but fairways are very good and greens are as good as it gets.(if you hit them!) Bring extra ammo, you're gonna need it.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Scenic gem with great golf holes and true greens

Played July 6th from gold tees. Moving up made the course fair. Fairways and greens in excellent condition. This is a scenic course with many different elevations, dog legs and blind shots to challenge your golf smarts. The clubhouse and grounds are well kept and staff is very friendly. I recommend anyone playing for the first time to buy guidebook, play tees realistic to your skills and you will love the beauty and challenge of this course. I am 69 and hit my drives straight to about 225 yards. I found the golds to be a great fit for my game. Our group will definitely play this on a frequent basis. A great senior value with very puttable greens.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

St Croix National

Played this course before and it is always a good time. Yesterday was a little different as we had a single in front of us that thought it was ok to hit 2 or 3 balls each hole and slowed things down. An employee came out after we said something but as soon as the guy went back to the club house he started up again so kinda took some of the fun out of the day.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart

GO play...

I WOULD GO BACK.TO PLAY WHENEVERY I GET THE CHANCE.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
4cf477f7-67b3-551f-8d1c-d97bd4259e0d
Commented on 06/06/2016

pinetone,

Thank you for the excellent 5-Star review! We appreciate your enthusiasm and hope to see you out again soon!

Best regards,

St. Croix National Golf Management

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Poor weather
Used cart

Nice course

Good course, with a lot of elevation changes. you don't get a lot of flat lies, but it is very scenic. Worth the money!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
4cf477f7-67b3-551f-8d1c-d97bd4259e0d
Commented on 05/19/2016

hoops24,

Thank you for the excellent 4-Star review! We are glad you had a great experience, and that you found value in the course. Play again soon!

Best regards,

St. Croix National Management

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Commented on 05/18/2016

hoops24,

Thank you for the great 4-Star review! We are glad you found value in the course. Please come back again soon!

Best regards,

St. Croix National Management

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Beautiful vistas

I have enjoyed this area since skiing Snowcrest in the 70's. Very sentimental and challenging!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
4cf477f7-67b3-551f-8d1c-d97bd4259e0d
Commented on 04/21/2016

u128071756,

Thank you for your fantastic 5-Star review! We appreciate you always coming back for more, and hope to see you out on the course again soon.

Best regards,

St. Croix National Management

Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Featured
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Good day!

Can't complain about playing golf in early to mid March in MN. The course was in good condition considering it's early march. Got a great deal on Golfnow. This course is always fun with it's unique layout. Some holes I love, some I am not so crazy about, but I always enjoy the challenge.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
4cf477f7-67b3-551f-8d1c-d97bd4259e0d
Commented on 03/16/2016

Jnproulx,

Thank you very much for the awesome 5-star review! We are pleased that the weather has allowed us to open in mid March and we look forward to a warm Spring! See you again soon?!

Best,

St. Croix National Management

Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Holy Bleep

Grabbed a cart and headed to the range to work out the booze we had the night before. Guys weekend brought us to this little gem in Wisconsin. The driving range is hilariously beautiful. You cant judge how far you're hitting anything or see your ball land. It's on the top of a dramatic overlook and you just bomb balls into the wild blue yonder. I loved it! We come from NW Minnesota where all you get 95% of the time are flat, links-style courses. We come in search of courses with some character and elevation change. This was perfect!! The starter was a very friendly man who gave us some tips on how to play the first hole depending on how far we drove the ball since you can't see the fairway on that first hole! There are many blind shots on this course. We found ourselves driving ahead multiple times to find out where we wanted to aim. I'm sure this is a common practice at this course. We weren't holding anybody up though....I think they do a good job with their pace of play. This was such a fun course for us flatlanders and I would definitely play it again and recommend it to anyone. The only beef I had with the place was the lack of gps carts. Seems like a necessity. We rented a terrible gps unit and not only was it impossible to see with the sun glare, it was slow and cumbersome. We just gave up on it after a few holes. DO NOT walk this course. It will be a nightmare from which you will never wake up. Overall.......simply gorgeous. Can't wait to go back!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather

perfect day to play

Pace of play was fine with the great weather and fall golf the leaves made the pace a little slow. The views were still awesome

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 33
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

very beautiful fall round

fall colors were great, course was in great condition.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 73
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

hit 'em straight!

If you need an escape from wide open Prarie golf, this is the place. The dramatic topography and the tree lined fairways give this course it's character and charm. Very demanding from the tips, so you might want to play it forward, as I will do from now on. A real challenge. Make sure to get a yardage book with hole descriptions. You're gonna need it if it's your first time playing the course. Wouldn't want to walk this beast!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

SCN

Overall the course is beautiful as a whole. The tee boxes were extremely beat up and some were sloping so the ball was above or below your feet at address. The one recommendation for the course would be to better label the distances from the tee boxes to a lay up area.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful Course

If you shoot in the 90s it would be a good idea to spend some time at the range to make sure your able to hit your spots. A little work on uphill and downhill shots wouldn't hurt either. It's definitely challenging, your not gonna blow it away your first time through, but your gonna want to take another wack at it. Not for the faint of heart. But golf is not for the faint of heart. I loved it! 19 hdcp

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful views

Very challenging course, if you can't break 90 this course isn't for you. Lots of blind shots, hills and thick rough. Slow pace of play due to lost balls, sometimes well hit shots end up in bad spots.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Closest you'll get to mountain golf in Twin Cities

Friendly staff, well maintained grounds near the clubhouse, better than average short order food. The golf course was in good shape and the greens rolled true. I played on a hot/muggy Sunday afternoon so I'd suspect that the greens could get going a bit faster than what I experienced, but they were by no means slow. Great experience, will be back, would recommend.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A Course For Everyone

Great elevation changes, blind shots . Keep it in the fairway or the trees will get ya .

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Walked

St.Croix review

The course was in great shape all around, the greens were in great shape. The driving range was nice and the chipping and putting area was very nice. However when it came to playing the course there were a ton of blind shots and the course had a few pretty poorly designed holes. You definitely have to play the course a few times before you actually become familiar with where to play your shots.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not a National. Adventure golf at best..

Modern course without modern features. Maybe if I lived close to it to learn all the silly gimmicks, I would give it a chance. Tees in terrible condition. Domed cups. Otherwise, honestly in good shape. If they gave ANY info on the tees regarding the multitude of hazards, or offered GPS or even a little course guide, it could be fun. Too many gimmicks. Not a level lie in the house... This course annoyed me.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 38
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Nice course

The course was in good shape. You will use a lot of different clubs in your bag. Staff was very friendly and helpful.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Featured
First Time Playing

Simply Majestic

Aside from a few blind shots and some interesting inclines/declines with the cart, this place resembles mountain golfing. Truly a stunning experience. The staff and facilities are classy and accommodating and their practice area is fun and inviting to novice learners. I highly recommend SCN to anyone looking for a very sincere golf experience.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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